Amino acid screen, urine at HCA FLORIDA MERCY HOSPITAL

3663 South Miami Ave, MIAMI, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1023387479

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

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Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

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Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$13.73 with HUMANA vs $2,535.52 with Prime Health — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
HUMANA MGMCRHMO $13.73
HUMANA MGMCRPPO $13.73
Humana TRICR $13.81
Devoted Health MCR $13.87
United Behavioral Health VACCN $13.87
United AllPayerAppendix $13.87
United GVT $13.87
Cigna HealthSpring MGMCR $13.87
CarePlus SFL MGMCR $13.87
Leon Health MCR $13.87
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $13.87
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $13.87
Wellmed MGMCR $13.87
Kindred Hospice FEDERAL $13.87
United MCR $14.15
BCBS MCRPPO $14.15
BCBS MCRHMO $14.15
Aetna MCR $14.29
Prominence HealthFirst MCRHMO $14.56
Oscar MCR $14.56
Sunshine State MCR $14.56
American Health Plan MCR $14.70
Align MCR $14.84
Florida Complete Care MCR $14.84
AvMed MCR $14.98
Sunshine State MCD $15.26
Doctors Healthcare Plan MCR $15.26
Centurion GVT $15.26
Gold Kidney MCR $15.53
Longevity Health Plan MCR $16.64
AmeriHealth Caritas MGMCR $16.64
Oscar HIX $19.56
Solis Health Plan MCR $20.11
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $20.80
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $2,483.24
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $2,535.52
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $2,535.52
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital

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Amino acid screen, urine at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $39.00 $11.10 – $2,325.46
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $22.75 $5.78 – $29.75
martin north hospital Stuart $22.75 $6.08 – $26.25
indian river hospital Vero Beach $22.75 $5.78 – $28.00
HCA FLORIDA BRANDON HOSPITAL TAMPA $13.08 $12.57 – $2,360.66
HCA FLORIDA LAKE MONROE HOSPITAL SANFORD $22.75 $12.57 – $2,401.18
HCA FLORIDA AVENTURA HOSPITAL HIALEAH $101.00 $13.73 – $2,535.52
HCA FLORIDA LEHIGH HOSPITAL LEHIGH ACRES $12.55 $12.57 – $21.36

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